Macedonian embroidery

Macedonian embroidery began to develop with the arrival of Slavic peoples to the Balkans with which they also started adjusting their styles with Old-Balkan cultural elements.

Byzantine culture was also of significant influence in the development and formation of Macedonian traditional embroidery partly due to its vicinity.

[1] Despite the five century-long Islamic influence of the country and its peoples under the Ottoman Empire, it is not further reflected on Macedonian embroidery.

[1] Despite the different cultural and historical factors that influenced it, the differentiated Macedonian embroidery was mainly the result of collectivist artistic potentials from the environment where it sprang up and existed.

[1] The most common form of embroideries in North Macedonia were traditional vests, especially those used in villages, which were in day-to-day use until the first decennia of this century.